Brasserie Balzar is excellent. And Jean-Paul Gaultier was in there when I went, I almost wet myself. It's really lovely, not too expensive (well, it wasn't 4 years ago). It has a website - brasseriebalzar.com. Bistro Poulbot on rue Lamarck is also lovely, it should come up if you google it. Not sure if it does a la carte though...

We love Chartier - recommended by several people on mumset to us when we were there in the spring.Not particuarly expensive. Food basic but good. Great atmosphere. www.restaurant-chartier.com/www/visit/

Brasserie Chartier, 7 Rue Faubourg Monmartre. Cheap, all a la carte and perhaps the most beautiful room in Paris. You may have to queue unless you are there at 12... Queue is quite fun though, unless it is raining as everyone quite jolly. It is a Paris institution, very french and lots of fun. Just round the corner from les grands boulevards, so you can shop in Lafayette on your way there. You will eat like kings for about 50 euros all in. Not gourmet food, but a tradtional, old fashioned side of Paris that is fab.